For something different, my mom suggested we make crackers. I’ve never made crackers before!
Making cracker dough isn’t complicated or time-consuming, but it does take a while to roll and cut the crackers. My favorite part was cutting the crackers once we rolled out the dough.
(Well, that and eating the crackers!)
These didn’t taste exactly like real Wheat Thins (and they’re a lot thinner!), but we thought they were delicious.
To make them, first heat your oven to 400º F.
Then mix the dry ingredients together.
Use a pastry blender to cut in the butter.
Mix the wet ingredients together and then stir them into the dry ingredients.
Divide the dough into four pieces.
Cover three portions of dough and then roll one portion out into a square. The recipe said to make a 12×12″ square, but the crackers were SO thin that way.
So we tried a 10″ square and an 8″ square, and we thought those were both good options.
Use a pizza cutter to divide the dough into 1 inch squares and then use a fork to prick holes in each cracker.
The recipe said to sprinkle the crackers with salt, and we tried that with the first batch but thought it made them too salty.
Place the squares onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
Bake for 5-7 minutes or until they’re light brown. Watch them carefully so you don’t burn them!
The amount of baking time will vary based on the thickness of your cookie sheet. We accidentally burned a batch when we used a thin baking sheet.
Crackers on the thick top sheets needed more than 7 minutes, but crackers on the skinny bottom sheet cooked much faster.
Some crackers cook a little faster than others, so you might need to take a few off of the sheet and then put the rest back into the oven to finish baking.
When the crackers are done, take them off of the cookie sheet to let them cool.
Store them in an airtight container at room temperature. We ate ours pretty quickly (in fact, we ate a bunch as soon as they came out of the oven!), but we hear you can store them for at least a week this way.
Homemade Wheat Thins
1 ¼ cup( 5 oz) whole wheat flour
1 ½ tablespoons sugar
½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. paprika
4 tablespoons butter, cut up
¼ cup water
¼ tsp. vanilla
salt for topping (optional…we thought that was too much salt)
Heat the oven to 400 F. Mix dry ingredients together. Mix the wet ingredients together separately and then pour them into the dry ingredients.
Divide the dough into four pieces; cover the other three pieces. Roll the one piece of dough into a 10 inch square. Cut the square into one inch squares. Place them on a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Bake for 5-7 minutes.
Repeat with remaining dough.